Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Peter Klein2/21/03 >Have the photographers concentrated on photos that contain >fringy-looking or emotionally overwrought people, believing that such photos are >stronger? The march and rally in Milwaukee consisted of very joyful folks. Noone hammed for my camera. The speakers spoke strongly and positively. The music makers made beautiful music. I attempted to capture that which I saw as truthfully as I could. I thought a few of the other submissions caught moments when the subjects hammed it up for the camera. >Are some of the photographers locked into 1960s sensibilities >and therefore taking or selecting pictures that remind them of those >golden days? While I personally reflected on this, and had feelings of nostalgia. I worked at trying to find the visual and psychological differences between the eras. And one of those differences seemed to me the joy and the wide range in age, social groups and income brackets. >Are the photographers' sympathies towards some of the >peripheral causes biasing what they post? I can't imagine any photographer or writer for that matter not having an opinion these days. The level of professionalism ultimately determines whether one allows personal opinion to overtake objectivity. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html